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Vic ALP will move to find Shaw in contempt

The Victorian opposition will attempt to have independent MP Geoff Shaw found in contempt of parliament for misusing his taxpayer-funded car.

The balance-of-power MP was last week found by the parliamentary privileges committee to have breached the MP code of conduct by misusing his parliamentary vehicle.

The vote was split down party lines, with the coalition-dominated committee narrowly ruling he was not in contempt of parliament.

But Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews says Labor will move to find Mr Shaw in contempt, which could lead to him being suspended or expelled from the chamber.

The party was obtaining advice, including from constitutional lawyers, about what penalties could then be levied on Mr Shaw, he said.

"We will move to find Mr Shaw in contempt of the Victorian parliament because we believe he has been in contempt of the Victorian parliament," Mr Andrews told reporters on Monday.

Liberal Ken Smith, who stepped down as speaker in February after falling out of favour with Mr Shaw, says he will side with Labor against the minority coalition government if any motion is put on the floor of the house to find Mr Shaw in contempt.

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Mr Smith said if Mr Shaw was booted out, the government would be in a position where Labor and the coalition numbers would be equal and the Liberal speaker would be under pressure to make rulings on most of the votes.

Mr Andrews called on Premier Denis Napthine to bring the privileges committee report before parliament for consideration when it sits next week.

The committee recommended parliament order Mr Shaw repay a further $6838.44 for the breach.